Walter Dean Myers
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Although adoption has taken them out of the New Jersey institution where they grew up, eleven-year-old T.J. and his younger brother, Moondance, remain involved with their friend Mop's relentless attempts to become adopted herself and that leads to further complications.
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The opening line of this call and response style verse asks the question that forms the thread throughout – Blues, what you mean to me? In a magnificent collaboration of words, art, and song, a timeline of the blues is presented in a soulful reading and dramatic musical accompaniment that offers a compelling evocation of the blues experience. A Live Oak Media audio production.
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Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."